Delaware Joins List of States and Localities Suing Big Oil September 14, 2020 By Randall Chase Delaware has joined the list of state and local governments that have sued the petroleum industry in an attempt to...
Minnesota AG Sues Exxon, Koch and API over Climate Change ‘Deceptions’ June 25, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Koch Industries for...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations May 18, 2018 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety...
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Silica Exposure Protections; Industries Vow to Overturn March 25, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner and Robert Iafolla Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to...
California Gas Leak Follows Years of Lax Regulation of Aging Storage Wells January 25, 2016 Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, Calif., utilities and national industry groups...
Environmental Groups Sue, Charge Oil Train Safety Rules Inadequate May 18, 2015 By Ayesha Rascoe Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing...
Oil Industry Goes to Court to Block Oil Train Safety Rules May 14, 2015 A U.S. oil industry group has launched a legal challenge to federal rules aimed at tightening safety standards in oil-by-train...
Oil, Railroad Industries Oppose New Federal Oil Train Safety Rules October 2, 2014 By Jim Snyder Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and...
Oil, Rail Firms Propose Phasing Out Old Tank Cars July 15, 2014 By Jim Snyder and Thomas Black The oil industry and the railroads that haul its crude have offered U.S. regulators a joint plan to phase out...
Oil Industry Releases Fracking Standards for Local Communities July 11, 2014 An oil industry lobbying group this week unveiled voluntary standards aimed at tamping down concerns about the oil and gas...